crystal falace 4:25 Tue Oct 1
The Hundred (Cricket)
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Saw an article on the BBC website about this today, was aware of it but hadnt really dug into exactly how it was going to work.
It's a novel Idea not really sure we need yet another competition but it seems to actually be attracting some of the "big names" that tour the world as opposed to the T20 Blast which for whatever reason didnt.
Really dont liek the idea of city based "franchises" big county teams such as Essex and Somerset dont really have anyone close to route for and a team iup north just called Leeds & Manchester will surely alienate alot of fans based on footballing biases (whether thats correct or not)
Do like that it's going to be shown on the BBC though, hopefully get more people watching even if it is a bit of a bastardised version of the game.
Draft is in a couple of weeks.
For anyone that wants to have a bit more of a read up on it : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49716478
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Lee Trundle
4:27 Tue Oct 1
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I'm guessing it will be chaved up as much as the Twenty20 is?
They're missing a trick not having a team in essex if they are.
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crystal falace
4:29 Tue Oct 1
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2 teams in London, from what i can gather they've put the franchises based at the big test grounds
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Pickle Rick
4:37 Tue Oct 1
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Lee Trundle 4:27 Tue Oct 1
People who clean the grounds probably wouldn't want to tackle the amount of fake tan that would get left on the seats.
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stewie griffin
4:38 Tue Oct 1
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absolute pile of shit
I have precisely zero interest in forming a team with Middlesex & Northants, much the same as i imagine their fans don't want to be joined with us.
Nor Surrey & Kent
and so on. Absolute shit. Its 20 balls, 20 fucking balls, less than T20.
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crystal falace
4:41 Tue Oct 1
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Yeah the first game to sell out for the rapids every year is the local derby game against warwickshire, now we are all expected to come together and support the same team.
Somerset have been the most hard done by i feel, their affiliated team is welsh!
I might go to one game, be a half decent night out with mates and can venture into Birmingham after, just cant see it sticking at all.
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Far Cough
5:06 Tue Oct 1
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This is how old I am, when I were a kid, the only cricket competition was the County Championship, well apart from Tests
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BRANDED
5:39 Tue Oct 1
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LOVE THIS
Going to be huge
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Northern Sold
5:41 Tue Oct 1
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Gonna be on par with 20/20... which is SHIT
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tanman
5:47 Tue Oct 1
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The concept is rubbish. Imagine an innings with 100 balls - it is hard enough to repair a bad start in 2020 let alone with 20 balls less. As a fan you will hardly have time to have 2 or 3 pints before it is time to go home. As an Essex fan no way am I supporting a London team which is essentially Middlesex or Surrey in another coat.
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Westham67
6:04 Tue Oct 1
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Bring back the cigarette manufacturers sponsorship a nailed on earner and do away with the gimmick shite. The John Player League and the Benson and Hedges cup
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PostmanPissed
6:11 Tue Oct 1
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Apparently Essex is one of the catchment areas for the London (Lords) franchise.
Will take place when the Royal London Cup is played which is being downgraded to a development tournament.
The ECB feel that cricket is up against Fortnite and FIFA when it comes to attracting kids into the sport, so feel this new concept could work.
Load of bollocks, just a money spinning project.
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lowermarshhammer
6:52 Tue Oct 1
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Cricket for twats by cunts.
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BRANDED
7:00 Tue Oct 1
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Cricket is pretty much meaningless to most younger people. There rarely see it and know nothing about it.
If this brings a load in then fucking great.
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lowermarshhammer
7:06 Tue Oct 1
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Brought to you by the same organisationg that got into bed with and allowed a Texan Ponzi scheme merchant to land his helicopter at Lord's and bounce the players' WAGS on his knee.
Wanted by players who can't bowl more than 20 balls without getting a stress fracture.
The ECB are clueless bent greedy wankers who hate the fact that non test ground counties win competitions and who ultimately want our grounds to be turned into flats.
When the ECB CEO (£700k + p.a.) had the front to turn up to present the Div 1 trophy at Taunton he quite rightly got booed by both sets of supporters.
Fuck the hundred. I hope it pisses down with rain non stop for the month it's on.
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On The Ball
7:46 Tue Oct 1
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I think it'll be better played in front of empty grounds, which I'm sure it will be.
I'll give it ten minutes on the telly just to see the inevitable misunderstanding of the rules by everyone involved.
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lowermarshhammer
8:07 Tue Oct 1
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Lord's and the Oval will be busy with corporate pissheads. All this bollocks about attracting women and kids who don't understand cricket is madness. You can't grow a sport by reducing the number of teams and completely alienating the existing paying hardcore regulars.
The majority of punters will always be thirsty blokes. The grounds want our beer money ffs.
Tickets will be given away. Kids for a penny. Can't see big crowds at all at Sophia Gardens.
Second season of the hundred and the London venues will still be busy. I reckon average attendance will crash at the other venues.
Ageas Bowl will be it's usual souless void excuse of a ground.
Edgbaston maybe 5000 if the local Asians take to it and are given free tickets and a 80% Asian player pool.
Old Trafford and Headingley 10000 between them.
Trent Bridge could be the one venue where it works. If the tickets are still peanuts.
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ChesterRd
11:40 Tue Oct 1
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Actually there has always been a large number of women attending cricket games. There is even the well known Ladies Pavilion at Worcester.
The notion that women don't understand the laws of the game is bollocks. Women who attend county or test matches understand the laws just as well as the men in attendance. Many clubs have women scoring the game.
There is little to understand with T20 or this Hundred by the sounds of it so even pissed up blokes should be able to follow it.
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Dr Matt
1:03 Wed Oct 2
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Fewer counties / teams is the only way we can ever win the Ashes again.
Centralise and improve quality.
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zebthecat
1:12 Wed Oct 2
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I'd love to see Lasith Malinga attempt a ten ball over.
He'll either keel over or take 6 wickets.
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East Auckland Hammer
1:33 Wed Oct 2
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The Hundred is absolutely the shittest idea since the invention of T20, which in itself, was the shittest idea since Martin Crowe invented Cricket Max.
Actually, Cricket Max wasn't shit.
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